St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-18
CHANGED THEIR LUCK.
The Athletics Remove Their Mus,
taches and Defeat ST. Louis.

The Athletics Remove Their Mus
taches and Defeat ST. Louis.
Special to the Globe.
ST. LOUIS, May 17.-The superstition
of ball players was very strikingly ex-
hibited here to-day. This morning the
Athletics, who have been playing very
poor ball thus far this year, held an i'm
promptu conference in TIE rOtunda of the
LaClede hotel, and resolved that some
thing must be done to change their luck.
1t was decided that the thing necessary
was to have their muStaches shaved off,
nearly every one in the team possessing
such an ornament, and Buran alone dis
senting. The team paraded into the
barber shop and had the operation per-
formed. The result was apparent this
afternoon, when the Athletics defeated
the Browns, the first defeat sustained
by the latter in sixteen games. The
visitors all swear now that muStacheS
have been their Jonahs.
ST. LOUIS. May 1.-THE spell of the
champions victories was broken to-day
by the Athletics, who won after hard
fought battle of ten innings. Young
Seward distinguished himself by his
cool, effective work at critical points of
the game. The Browns found him a
to their inability to gauge his delivery.
Caruthers was hit rather freely, and in
the tenth inning after Stovey reached
first on vicious drive at Caruthers,
which he injured his hand in checking.
Lyons drove a beauty to right center and
sent Stovey home with the winning run.
The best features of the game, outside
of the battery work of Seward and Rob
inSon, were Bushong's back-stOp work,
Comiskey's magnificent fielding and the
infield work of McGarr, Bauer and Rob
insOn. Score:
St. Louis....o 90 l O-3
Earned runs, Athletics 4; two-base hits,
Welch, Lyons; base hits st. Louis z, Athlet-
les IL errors, ST. Louis 1, Athletics 3; struck
out, bv Caruthers l, Seward L; time, 1 :45;
umpire, McQuaid.
THE OTHER GAMES.
CINCINNATI, o., May 17.-Although
the Cineinnatis 0utplayed and outbatted
the Brooklyns, they made some unfor-
tunate errors at critical points. They
won the game several times, but lost it
through McGinness' inability to get the
ball over the plate. Jones' wonderful
running catch in the eighth inning cut
off three runs and retired the side. The
game was played i'll driZZling rain.
Score:
Brooklyn. .. g l o 2 2 o 0 2-1l
Earned runs, Cincinnati 8, Brooklyn 5;
three-base hit, Baldwin; base hits, Cincin-
natl 10, Brooklyn IA; errors, Cincinnati 5,
Brooklyn Il first on balls, Swartwood, Nc
Tammany, Mcclellan, Smith 2, Phillips Nc
Phee, Corkhil1; hit by pitched ball, Burch,
Reilly; struck out, Fennelly, Reilly, Nc
Tammany; passed balls, Baldwin L; wild
pitches, McGinniss l, Harkins time, 2:40;
umpire, Knight.
LOUISVILLE, May 17.-The game be-
tween Baltimore and Louisville was
called at the end of the sixth inning
this afternoon on account of heavy
rain. Smith was batted territically in
the first inning, and the home team Sc
cured ten runs. practically deciding the
game. Score:
Louisville lle........lO o o Ill
Baltimore. ....... o o 2 3 l. e
Earned runs, Louisville 6, Baltimore 8;
three-base hit, Browning; base hits, Louis
vile II, Baltimore -; errors, Louisville 4,
Baltimore 81; hit by pitched ball, Tucker;
struck out, Hecker 2, Smith 3; passed balls,
Cook: umpire, Cuthbert.
CLEVELAND, o., May 17.-The Cleve-
land, Metropolitan game was postponed
OH account of rain.